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I used to always brick. I used to always do like UCLA or Indiana late game, on the road, and I'll always miss.
Baron Davis / Basketball Player
Indiana
Ucla
Brick
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Any time you go into a new environment, you have to learn a new system, there are adjustments you have to make.
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Adjustment
Time New Go
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I was a young player, young star in this league. I probably wasn't handling the responsibility the way I should.
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Handling
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So, a flop is basically tricking the referee into thinking somebody fouled you or maybe elbowed you in the face.
Baron Davis / Basketball Player
Referee
Flop
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Where I'm from, you don't really travel outside your neighborhood unless you're traveling with a bunch of people.
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Travel
Bunch
Neighborhood
Where Your People
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I will never demand to be traded. Because if I do, then I'm at fault, I'm the bad guy, I'm the crybaby, I'm immature.
Baron Davis / Basketball Player
Demand
Bad Guy
Traded
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A lot of times getting double- or triple-teamed, like triangle-and-two, it just made me be more of an all-around player.
Baron Davis / Basketball Player
All-Around
Me More Like
Double
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I could see myself coaching at the high school level, but I'd really love to coach at UCLA. That would be a dream for me.
Baron Davis / Basketball Player
Ucla
Love Myself Me
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I wish Elton Brand the best. He's a great guy. He's always going to be a great friend of mine, regardless of what goes on.
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Goes On
Guy
Wish
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People compare me to Isiah Thomas because of my quickness and change-of-direction, the way I change speeds and run the team.
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Running
People
Team
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I didn't eat at many restaurants when I was younger. There wasn't much in South Central anyways, except for fast food joints.
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Fast Food
Joints
Restaurants
Food Fast Fast Food
Younger
Central
Fast
Except
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I want people to come to Clipper games and smile. I want people to come to Clipper games and be entertained and dance and laugh.
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Entertained
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My goals all along were to win state and play in the McDonald's All-American game. I'm happy I was able to accomplish those things.
Baron Davis / Basketball Player
Accomplish
All-American
Mcdonald
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One thing I am is a leader and if I'm not allowed to lead, then I have to follow. So then I want to be the best follower that I can.
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Allowed
Best I Am I Can
Follow
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Wiggle is kinda like a word that I feel like I coined. It's being able to maneuver in and out, around defenders with the basketball.
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Defenders
Maneuver
Wiggle
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Delaware is not like Hollywood. But Delaware is cool. All you really need is a gym and a couple good places to eat and a movie theater.
Baron Davis / Basketball Player
Delaware
Movie Theater
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I want to be able to let people who aren't used to seeing a Santa of color say, 'Wow, there he is.' It's time for America to diversify.
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Santa
Time People America
Diversify
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When you're 20 and going to the draft, everybody is telling you what you should wear. I kind of succumbed to peer pressure on that one.
Baron Davis / Basketball Player
Peer Pressure
Draft
Peer
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Everything in moderation is what I always try to tell myself. But whether you're an athlete or not, its always important to eat healthy.
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Everything In Moderation
Moderation
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I got a bond with all my teammates. Well, the ones that's real. The ones that I'm cool with, I'm cool with. It's a bond and a brotherhood.
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Brotherhood
Teammates
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I was 5'3' when I was 15, but suddenly shot up to over 6 feet by the time I turned 18 and it was clear that an NBA career was up for grabs.
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Nba
By The Time
Nba Career
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When I was growing up we didn't have cable. All that came on Saturday morning was Notre Dame football, and I was there every time to watch it.
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Notre Dame
Saturday
Saturday Morning
Cable
Dame
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I think J.Crew has figured out a way to make young professional guys look cool with a polished suit that looks expensive but is actually affordable.
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Affordable
Expensive
Polished
Figured
Suit
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Breakfast would be, like, egg whites with tomatoes, turkey sausage and feta cheese. Then for lunch I'd have salmon and spinach or something like that.
Baron Davis / Basketball Player
Breakfast
Cheese
Lunch
Salmon
Sausage
Spinach
Tomatoes
Egg
Turkey
Whites
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Filming 'The Drew,' thinking a lot about story arcs and all that stuff, I thought about how my career ended. I decided I wanted to try to rewrite that.
Baron Davis / Basketball Player
Filming
Drew
Rewrite
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Tim Floyd was a guy from college who hadn't won in the league and he still had that college coaching style of a dictatorship. He didn't want to listen.
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Coaching
Dictatorship
Floyd
Tim
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It was always like there was no doubt in anybody's mind that I was going to UCLA, so once UCLA started recruiting me, everybody started pushing me there.
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No Doubt
Pushing
Ucla
Mind Me Always
Recruiting
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Take your time to really learn and study the fundamentals of your pursuit, so that one day, your fully developed skill set will allow you to grow into a leader.
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Fundamentals
Pursuit
Skill
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My grandfather built a basketball court for me when I was 3 years old as a Christmas present, and I would go back there every day all day and just play basketball.
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Basketball Court
Grandfather
All Day
Christmas Me Day
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I just like to write. You can't play basketball 16 hours a day, so it's just working out, working on your body, take a nap, watch some TV, watch some games, and write.
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Nap
Day Body Your
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Nobody cared about Baron Davis for so long, and then all of a sudden, it's like all these articles are coming out. People are passing judgment or thinking they know me.
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Articles
Passing
Thinking Me Long
Davis
Cared
Sudden
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History lets you know exactly where you are today. And if you pay attention to it, it gives you a broad perspective of everyone. You can relate it to pretty much any time.
Baron Davis / Basketball Player
Pay Attention
Time History Today
Broad
Lets
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I think basketball becomes an outlet for it, an opportunity to get that frustration out and forget about all the problems and things you have going on in your life outside.
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Frustration
Outlet
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My grandmother knew nothing about sports. She still didn't even when I went to the NBA. She never really cared too much about sports. She only cared about me being a good person.
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Good Person
Nba
Good Sports Me
Cared
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I always like to shop and for me it was just about seeing things I like and making it part of my wardrobe and collecting things that I could always bring back when I'm like 50, 60 years old.
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Collecting
Always Me Back
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For me, Santa was white, and he was in Coca Cola commercials. You never saw a black Santa on TV and in movies, and when you did, it was usually a bum with a Santa hat, or a bunch of jewelry.
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Jewelry
Santa
White
Tv
Bum
Commercials
Saw
Hat
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In street ball, you really don't care about playing defense, unless it's some kind of flashy steal or a big block where you bat the ball across the court, but all you're really worried about is scoring.
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Flashy
Scoring
Steal
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It's not fun if you're sitting on the bench and aren't playing during Christmas. Damn, dude, I could've been watching this at home with my family. As long as you get some camera action on Christmas time, it's OK.
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Damn
Time Family Home
Bench
Dude
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Nothing will ever outshine, for me, the countless children whose eyes and imaginations I've seen light up when meeting Black Santa and understanding that there's a character of pure good out there that represents them.
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Santa
Countless
Imaginations
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I played with Mike Dunleavy Jr., and we got a great relationship on the Warriors. Knowing him and now knowing his dad, all I know is he's a man of his word. Anything that he's ever said to me has been honest and I respect that.
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Dad
Men
Warrior
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For me this was never a money issue, it was about being rich in your heart. To come home, and to be in the place where your dream first started, 15 minutes away from where my grandfather built my first basketball court, is a dream come true.
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Dream
Home
Basketball
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I always loved the Clippers. You root for the underdog. Obviously, everybody in L.A. is a Laker fan, but deep down inside, you root for the Clippers. If you're a true Los Angelean, that's how it happens. You always want the Clippers to do well.
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Lakers
Roots
Underdog
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'E.T.' and 'Star Wars' were cult movies then and opened up a brand new world of adventure and mystery. But as much as I would have loved to be friends with E.T., I realized that following in the footsteps of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan was more realistic.
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Adventure
Brand New
Cult
Footsteps
Johnson
Jordan
New World
Realistic
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
Opened
Star Wars
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Sometimes the Knicks just need to be the Knicks. And not the New York Knicks. What I mean by that is that they're New York's team and everybody is going to be focused on that. But they should learn to pace themselves, set goals and be patient with what they're doing.
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Be Patient
Pace
Patient
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There was a gap in minority heroes in animation, books, and storytelling for me as a kid, and being a father now, I felt the responsibility I had to the next generation to create stories that allow us to wish and dream and build worlds that inspire young people who haven't traditionally had these heroes to look up to.
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Animation
Inspire
Gap
Minority
Worlds
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I just stopped liking basketball. And then you dribbling down the court and having the owner like cuss at you and call you an idiot. I didn't even look forward to coming to the games, and if the owner [Donald Sterling] came to the game, I definitely was not gonna have a good game because it was just like, how do you play when the main heckler in the gym is the owner of the team, and he's telling you how much he hates you and calling out your name?
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Basketball
Hate
Team
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